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The siblings meet. Sasuke and Itachi clash, and Sasuke is hopeless. Poor Sasuke. He's feeling a bit down because he is falling so far behind everyone, even that loser Naruto. It's galling!

I guess he's gonna have to go over to the dark side soon.

On the bright side, Naruto has fallen in with a really bad crowd. Ero-senin has robbed Naruto, neglected him, and has gone off whoring with his money. At least he's one of the three legendary Senin, or I might start believing that Jiraiya is just exploiting the poor kid.

Nah, what am I thinking? Of course he's exploiting the hell out of Naruto.

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Masashi Kishimoto (岸本 斉史 Kishimoto Masashi) is a Japanese manga artist, well known for creating the manga series Naruto. His younger twin brother, Seishi Kishimoto, is also a manga artist and creator of the manga series O-Parts Hunter (666 Satan) and Blazer Drive. Two of his former assistants, Osamu Kajisa (Tattoo Hearts) and Yuuichi Itakura (Hand's), have also gone on to moderate success following their work on Naruto.

Kishimoto's first work as a manga artist was Karakuri (カラクリ?), which he submitted to Shueisha in 1995. This earned him the Weekly Shōnen Jump's monthly "Hop Step Award" in 1996, granted to promising new manga artists. This was followed in 1997 by a pilot version of Naruto (NARUTO－ナルト－), published in Akamaru Jump Summer. In 1998, Kishimoto premiered as a Weekly Shōnen Jump artist with a serialized version of Karakuri in Weekly Shōnen Jump, but it proved unpopular and was canceled soon after. In 1999, a serialized version of Naruto began publication in Weekly Shōnen Jump and quickly became a hit.